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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 15h

Thinking of creating a Bayeaux Tapestry but instead it's just comprised of tweets by fuckwits

Chris Fitzgerald: "Judaism did just fine for a few thousand years before Israel was founded".

What's your citation for that, Chris? The fucking Protocols?

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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 17h

Always find it astonishing how noticeable the Great Leap Forward is.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 17h

Just comparing last week's pensions discourse with this week's £100k childcare discourse. In both instances, you have groups who are generally deemed "wealthy". For one, it's unthinkable to contemplate taking their state benefits away. For the other, there is outrage if you try to give it to them

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 17h

A key point which few have noticed yet... Tory voters have already shifted a lot. Polling shows they back Burnham's pledge to consider closer relations. And a third back joining again. This is a major problem for Badenoch's supposed "recapture the centre" strategy.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18h

Andy Burnham should use his National Commission on Electoral Reform to launch a conversation on making voting compulsory, experts have suggested The Prime Minister announced the commission – which is set to endorse a new voting system for Westminster – in his Labour conference speech in Liverpool

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Andy Burnham Urged to Put Compulsory Voting at Heart of His Electoral Reform Plans

Democracy campaigners say changing how Britain votes will not be enough unless the Prime Minister also changes who votes as well

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 19h

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 27% (+3) RFM: 22% (-3) CON: 20% (+1) LDM: 11% (-1) GRN: 11% (=) RES: 3% (=) SNP: 3% (+1) Via @yougov.co.uk, 4-5 Oct. Changes w/ 27-28 Sep.

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 19h

Isn’t this all part of the theory, popular among right wing Brexiters, that they weren’t actually in government 2010-2024. Coalition, then Brexit then Covid stopped them doing anything - the theory goes.

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I see this idea floating around a lot and i do want to remind everyone that the people who almost annihilated us several times over during the Cold War were all WWII vets.

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 05/10/2026

📢A new megapoll has found that 53.4% of people in the UK want to stay in the ECHR versus 24.2% of people against👇 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... via @theguardian.com The ECHR is on the side of the people, and vice versa.

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Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds

Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Always thought that supermarket deliveries should be embraced more by active travel/ build streets types. (1) out of town big supermarkets are a blight on creating walkable high streets (2) for big bulk purchases better to have one electric van with 8-10 peoples shopping than equivalent no of cars.

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Classic motornormatvity . Cars are presented as natural and inevitable rather than the result of policy choices and planning.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Had to check the @britishelectionstudy.com numbers on this. Not very steep gradients, but propensity to vote Labour rises with household income group - both at the 2024 general election and in voting intention from May 2026. Conservative support dips slightly between about £50k and £150k...

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There isn’t a net zero 2030 target. There’s a net zero 2050 target and a clean power by 2030 target. These are different things and if you’re going to attack climate policies in the ‘paper of record’ it’s kind of important to get the details right. www.thetimes.com/article/3c9a...

thetimes.com

Time for climate realism: net zero 2030 is only making us poorer

Wind and solar alone can’t power the future — there are better options that could actually help curb climate change

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/10/2026

What’s the evidence on rent control? I charted the findings from 112 studies: Great for rent-controlled tenants ✅ But: Pushes up rents for other people ❌ Pushes down new housing construction ❌ Pushes down building quality ❌

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you still believe “the antisemitism crisis in Labour wasn’t real” pls look at what’s happened to the Greens, and what happens when these people do when given a free rein

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jacob Rees-Mogg has often expressed pride in his father's 1968 Times editorial on Rivers of Blood, titled "An Evil Speech". His recent oppositon to ethnonationalism & hia decision to be vocal about a civic British citizenship + English identity reflect this.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/10/2026

Oh my god, they did the meme.

The "this fucking sucks actually vs literal coolest thing ever meme".

A guy sneering, wearing a Vote Conservative hat is saying "This fucking sucks actually" while pointing to the AI generated version of Rayner from the Tory Party Conference tapestry, vaping and drinking a beer. She has the words "literal coolest thing ever" above her.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Did you weave Angela Rayner in? Sure did boss, real cool and relatable just like you asked for Great....wait what? #CPC26

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 04/10/2026

It's even weirder when you look at the demographics under the hood - the Tory vote is literally dying over the next 10-15 years.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Labour was polling a little over 30% when these articles were written. It is genuinely strange that the Conservative Party is not being subjected to the same obituaries by op-ed given its frequent sub-20% polling.

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David Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

She hasn't though, Sky News?

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

AfD Youth is posting about unification of German people. Belive them, when they say who they are. Not far right, not nazi like but actually exactly like nazis. P.S And yes, they are Putins favorite party in Germany

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When I was a Councillor I was at a meeting of a residents association who were cross about a controlled parking zone. When I was asked about whether charges would go up I was so close to saying “ the two certainties of life, death and taxes” or something similar. Only just stopped myself

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Janan Ganesh writes a lot of nonsense a lot of the time, but the idea a National Care Service is anti-growth is bollocks for the ages. Freeing up NHS beds and staff to accelerate treatment times, and family members to work and generate wealth, is about as pro-growth as you can get.

ft.com

At least Burnham doesn’t pretend to care about growth

Unlike his predecessors, Britain’s prime minister is a fairly honest stagnation-ist

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is your semi-regular reminder that pensioner poverty: a) is real b) is significantly less prevalent than working-age poverty and half the rate of child poverty, and c) is such that a pensioner is statistically more likely to live in a household worth over £1 million than to live in poverty

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Shabana, did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

an arrest of Netanyahu in New York had no real legal basis. The US is not an ICC party, with a duty to arrest, nor arresting in line with a warrant from a Federal Court, no existing powers of the mayor that would have set aside his immunities. Don’t trust people banging on about it.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is just bollocks. When my dad and grandma faced the most disgusting racism in the 60s and 70s (more extreme than what would ever be considered mistreat today) migration was far lower and many Brits were facing plenty ‘inwards’

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is this a niche Pyramids of Mars reference

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Meanwhile, on Facebook

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

Patrick Maguire
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Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
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reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The “betting shop” chat misses the point the gambling industry has moved from classic bookies to 24 slot machine shops (AGC’s). These are awful as their business model is predicated on addiction (not the odd flutter) and Councils are powerless to do anything about that harm (reduce hours etc.)

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Aim to permit was a disaster. In practice it made running any type of local gambling policy a nightmare. Wildly cunning legally arguments were required to push back at 24 hour slot machines opening two doors down from halfway houses. Every gaming centre had to be permitted, no matter how terrible.

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The name of the person who wrote this article is missing - Jon King from the Express www.express.co.uk/journalist/1... He is is sleeping easily tonight. I imagine the five people who were targeted in a pogrom in Thetford aren’t so much.

express.co.uk

Jon King | Journalists | Express.co.uk

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Do you really want to see the amount of gee/ butter involved and have regrets or would you rather enjoy the moments of happiness that come from the deliciousness that is Roti King

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Steve Williams @iloatheskies.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Average day in West Ham twitter discourse:

One West Ham poster says 'because I'm not anti-semetic?'; the next says 'I am anti semetic and I still want Solomon, it's football - shouldn't matter where are you from' to which another replies 'Exactly this, I don't like Muslims and still don't care when we sign them, we even loved a recognized fascist lol'

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

From the media group which used rhetoric that did a great deal to encourage it.

Allister Heath • @AllisterHeath • 22m
We are witnessing the emergence of a 21st century British fascism
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COMMENT
MOSLE

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

1. My PhD from 2015 he might 👨‍🎓 like because it debunks politicians claims about imperialism in international law, but then it’s title has a forbidden word so he wouldn’t read it (but he’s a “free thinker”) 2. My god that y axis is a crime against data that PhD a supervision might have corrected 😜

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

As ever, I am left asking what the success criteria for the student visas policy looks like.

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Fred Cowell @fascowell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I have never left a voice note; they encourage people to go all ‘Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet’ in over a simple enquiry about milk in the fridge - this technology will absolutely cause the downfall of civilisation.

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Jennifer 🏆 @jenisntokay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

He became Mayor just so he could hang out with all of his favorite Arsenal players.

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